FreeBSD 9 & recompile ports

[Matthew Seaman]

On 13/01/2012 22:57, Andriy Gapon wrote:
> But if the appropriate misc/compatX port is installed, then those libraries do
> actually exist and the system should be fully usable... Modulo the compat
> libraries not working with the new kernel as Kostik has pointed out.

As soon as you update or install an application after this point, you
are likely to end up with an application that tries to dynamically link
two different versions of the same shlib, and that is a recipe for
tears-before-bedtime.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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